Wiktionary

cas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cas"

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cas (comparative more cas, superlative most cas)

  1. Informal abbreviation for casual

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cāsus (“case”).

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Noun edit

cas m (plural casos)

  1. case (event, situation, or fact)

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Drehu edit

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Numeral edit

cas

  1. one

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French cas, borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka/, /kɑ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun edit

cas m (plural cas)

  1. case, situation
    dans la très grande majorité des cas ― in the great majority of cases
  2. (medicine) case
  3. (law) case
    cas clinique ― clinical case
  4. (grammar) case

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese cas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), proclitic form of casa (“house”) in some adverbial phrases.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ˈkas/

Noun edit

cas f (invariable)

  1. house; chez
    • 19th century, folk-song:
      Trigo limpo non o hai; se queres algún centeo, vai por el a cas meu pai
      There's no clean wheat; if you want some rye, go fetch it chez my father
    Na cas do ferreiro, coitelo de pau (proverb) ― At the smith's house, knife of wood

Usage notes edit

When preceding the preposition de this proclitic form, rather than casa, is frequently used.

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References edit

  • “cas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cas d” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay cas, from English charge (“fast ground attack; electric charge”). Cognate of Malay caj.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃas]
  • Hyphenation: cas

Noun edit

cas (first-person possessive casku, second-person possessive casmu, third-person possessive casnya)

  1. A type of hand game

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Verb edit

cas

  1. (colloquial) to charge, to add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery).

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Descendants edit

  • → Tetum: cas

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Irish edit

FWOTD – 28 June 2018

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cass (“curly, curly-haired”), from Proto-Celtic *kassos (“curly, twisted, woven”).

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cas (genitive singular masculine cais, genitive singular feminine caise, plural casa, comparative caise)

  1. twisted, winding; curly
  2. complicated, intricate
  3. twisty, devious

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Declension of cas
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cas chas casa;
chasa²
Vocative chais casa
Genitive caise casa cas
Dative cas;
chas¹ 		chas;
chais (archaic) 		casa;
chasa²
Comparative níos caise
Superlative is caise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Verb edit

cas (present analytic casann, future analytic casfaidh, verbal noun casadh, past participle casta) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. twist
  2. turn
  3. wind
  4. (with ar, thar) twist, wind, wrap (something) around (something else)
  5. (voice, music, idiomatic) sing, play (a song, tune)
    Tá sé ag casadh amhráin. ― He’s singing a song.
  6. return
  7. (with le)
    1. reproach with
    2. attempt
  9. (with ar, do, le) meet with
    Casadh an fear orm. ― I met the man.
    Cathain a casfar ort í? ― When will you meet her?
  10. (with chuig, ag) happen to have

Conjugation edit

conjugation of cas (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present casaim casann tú;
casair†		 casann sé, sí casaimid casann sibh casann siad;
casaid†		 a chasann; a chasas /
a gcasann*; a gcasas* 		castar
past chas mé; chasas chas tú; chasais chas sé, sí chasamar; chas muid chas sibh; chasabhair chas siad; chasadar a chas /
ar chas* 		casadh
past habitual chasainn / gcasainn‡‡ chastá / gcastᇇ chasadh sé, sí / gcasadh sé, s퇇 chasaimis; chasadh muid / gcasaimis‡‡; gcasadh muid‡‡ chasadh sibh / gcasadh sibh‡‡ chasaidís; chasadh siad / gcasaidís‡‡; gcasadh siad‡‡ a chasadh /
a gcasadh* 		chastaí / gcasta퇇
future casfaidh mé;
casfad 		casfaidh tú;
casfair†		 casfaidh sé, sí casfaimid;
casfaidh muid 		casfaidh sibh casfaidh siad;
casfaid†		 a chasfaidh; a chasfas /
a gcasfaidh*; a gcasfas* 		casfar
conditional chasfainn / gcasfainn‡‡ chasfá / gcasfᇇ chasfadh sé, sí / gcasfadh sé, s퇇 chasfaimis; chasfadh muid / gcasfaimis‡‡; gcasfadh muid‡‡ chasfadh sibh / gcasfadh sibh‡‡ chasfaidís; chasfadh siad / gcasfaidís‡‡; gcasfadh siad‡‡ a chasfadh /
a gcasfadh* 		chasfaí / gcasfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcasa mé;
go gcasad†		 go gcasa tú;
go gcasair†		 go gcasa sé, sí go gcasaimid;
go gcasa muid 		go gcasa sibh go gcasa siad;
go gcasaid†		 — go gcastar
past dá gcasainn dá gcastá dá gcasadh sé, sí dá gcasaimis;
dá gcasadh muid 		dá gcasadh sibh dá gcasaidís;
dá gcasadh siad 		— dá gcastaí
imperative casaim cas casadh sé, sí casaimis casaigí;
casaidh†		 casaidís — castar
verbal noun casadh
past participle casta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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Noun edit

cas m (genitive singular casta, nominative plural castaí)

  1. Alternative form of casadh

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cas chas gcas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

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Noun edit

cas m

  1. time (inevitable passing of events)

Declension edit

Declension of cas
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cas casa case
Genitive casa casowu casow
Dative casoju casoma casam
Accusative cas casa case
Instrumental casom casoma casami
Locative casu casoma casach

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Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “cas”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “cas”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From English charge. Doublet of caj.

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Noun edit

cas

  1. charge
    1. (electromagnetism, chemistry) an electric charge.
      Synonym: muatan (Indonesian)

Descendants edit

  • → Indonesian: cas

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Middle English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French cas, from Latin casus (“fall”).

Noun edit

cas (plural cass)

  1. case (event, happening)

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Contraction edit

cas f pl

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of com as (“with the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of cos

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cos, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-eh₂.

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cas f (dative singular cois, genitive singular coise, plural casan)

  1. leg
  2. foot
    Tha e ochd mìle air cois. ― It is eight miles on foot.
  3. handle

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Adjective edit

cas (comparative caise)

  1. steep

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cas chas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Named by indigenous peoples in Costa Rica (Chibchan).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkas/ [ˈkas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: cas

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cas m (plural cases)

  1. the fruit of a very tart species of guava
    Synonyms: guayaba de cas, guayaba de Costa Rica, guayaba agria
  2. the tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalianum

References edit

  • Robertiello, Jack: Guava/Xalxocotl/Aracu/Guayaba, cited in Américas, Volumes 42-44 (1990), p. 58

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Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh cas, from Proto-Brythonic *kas.

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cas (feminine singular cas, plural cas, equative cased, comparative casach, superlative casaf)

  1. hateful, nasty
    Mae’n gas gyda fi gwrw. ― I hate beer. (literally, “Beer is hateful with me.”)
  2. unpleasant, difficult
  3. averse to
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Noun edit

cas m (plural casau or casoedd)

  1. hatred, hatefulness

Etymology 2 edit

From English case.

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cas m (plural casiau)

  1. case, container
    Synonym: cynhwysydd
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Etymology 3 edit

Abbreviated form of castell (“castle”).

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cas m (uncountable)

  1. Used in place names.
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Etymology 4 edit

Inflected form of cael (“to have; to receive, to get”).

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cas

  1. third-person singular preterite of cael
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Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cas gas nghas chas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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